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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2005Barron County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2005, 5:13 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2005, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 5:48 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barron County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 677 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
677 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 072214
TORMPX
WIC005-072245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0022.050607T2213Z-050607T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
513 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 510 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH   
  OF BARRON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CANTON...
  MIKANA...
  RICE LAKE...
  CAMERON...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4556 9190 4538 9187 4540 9155 4562 9155

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 072248
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
547 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC005-072257-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050607T2245Z/
BARRON WI-
547 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BARRON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 545 PM CDT...

THE STORM IS NO LONGER PRODUCING A TORNADO...AND HAS MOVED OUT OF 
BARRON COUNTY. STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL 
STORMS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR 
YOUR FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS 
AND WARNINGS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4556 9190 4538 9187 4540 9155 4562 9155

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix45 min
Jun 7, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce34 min
Jun 7, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk43 min
Jun 7, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron53 min
Jun 7, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron27 min
Jun 7, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn48 min
Jun 7, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn25 min
Jun 7, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce66 min
Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn45 min
Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk55 min
Jun 7, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa67 min
Jun 7, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa40 min
Jun 7, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron50 min
Jun 7, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn28 min
Jun 7, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk35 min
Jun 7, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire57 min
Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa30 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.